6411results about "Shock proofing" patented technology

The invention specifically relates to a mass tuned vibration reducer used for controlling the vibration of an aerobridge in the airport, a large-span pedestrian bridge, a port trestle, high-rise buildings and the related structures. The mass tuned vibration reducer comprises a mass block, a spring, a damper and a base; wherein, the spring can be a spiral spring, a disc spring or a plate spring, and the end part of the spring is provided with a rigidity regulating device. The mass tuned vibration reducer can successfully realize the regulation on the natural frequency of a TMD system under the condition of needing not to assemble and disassemble the TMD since the end part of the spring is provided with the rigidity regulating device, so as to simplify the difficulty of regulation work, avoid the waste of manpower and materials and greatly reduce the construction cost. Meanwhile, the natural frequency and the damping of the system can be regulated in an optimized way under the condition of needing not to assemble and disassemble the TMD, thereby better exerting the vibration absorption performance of the mass tuned vibration reducer, ensuring safety and stableness of the pedestrians and vehicles on the large-span bridge and the thin and high building, contributing to prolonging the service lives of the thin and high building and the bridge, and having remarkable economic and social benefits.

A fire resistant and water resistant expansion joint system comprises a compressed lamination of fire retardant infused open celled foam, one coat of an elastomeric waterproofing or water resistant material on the lamination, and another coat of an intumescent material on an opposing surface of the lamination, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in the opposite direction. The intumescent material may be further coated with a similar elastomeric material, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in both directions. In the alternative, the compressed lamination may comprise first and second opposing layers of intumescent material thereon each having a respective layer of elastomeric material to provide both water resistance and fire resistance in both directions.

The present invention provides a vibration dampening laminate that is lightweight and has superior sound insulation and vibration dampening properties. The vibration dampening laminate comprises a constraining layer, a viscoelastic adhesive layer, a foam spacing layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer including a release layer. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer and release layer are contoured to fit a profile of the article being soundproofed and vibration dampened.

The invention discloses a setup spring self-recovery energy dissipation brace in the technical field of self-recovery energy dissipation braces. The brace comprises an inner pipe, an outer pipe, a spring, a spring baffle and a guide block; the inner pipe comprises a left inner pipe, a right inner pipe, a first steel pipe, a first steel pipe left baffle, a first steel pipe right baffle, an inner pipe left stopper, an inner pipe right stopper, an inner pipe outer friction plate, a high-strength bolt and an inner pipe connecting plate; the outer pipe comprises a left outer pipe, a right outer pipe, a second steel pipe, an outer pipe left baffle, an outer pipe right baffle, an outer pipe internal left stopper, an outer pipe internal right stopper, an outer pipe inner friction plate and an outer pipe connecting plate; the spring comprises a first spring and a second spring, wherein the first spring is sleeved outside the left inner pipe, and the second spring is sleeved outside the right inner pipe; two ends of the spring are connected with the spring baffle. The brace has the advantages that residual deformation of a structure is decreased, the brace is convenient to construct and easy to maintain and replace after earthquake action, and normal usage state affecting time is shortened.

The invention relates to a node connection device for a self-centering prestressed concrete frame. The node connection device is a device used for the connection between the beam and the column of a prefabricated reinforced concrete frame, and aims at improving energy consumption of a frame structure under seismic action and eliminating or reducing the residual deformation and damage of the frame structure. The connection device is characterized in that combined steel parts form an energy consuming device, two external friction steel plates (3) are arranged in the energy consuming device, are respectively and symmetrically arranged on the two sides of a column end reinforcing steel plate (4) and are connected with the column end reinforcing steel plate (4) into a whole body, two internal friction steel plates (8) are arranged between the two external friction steel plates (3), the upper end and the lower end of each internal friction steel plate (8) are respectively provided with a bean end reinforcing steel plate (5), friction discs (15) are respectively arranged between the two internal friction steel plates (8) and the two external friction steel plates (3), and friction-type high-strength bolts (12) penetrate through the external friction steel plates (3), the friction discs (15), the internal friction steel plates (8) and a prefabricated concrete beam (2) and connect all parts together.

A seismic construction system for a cavity wall is disclosed. The system is shown in three exemplary applications—a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type reinforcement cooperating with a snap-in wire tie; a masonry backup wall with ladder- or truss-type reinforcement with a high-span wall anchor cooperating with a low-profile, snap-in wire tie; and a drywall backup wall with internal insulation, a sheetmetal wall anchor, and snap-in wire ties. The snap-in wire ties accommodate a continuous reinforcing wire for the outer wythe, which reinforcing wire snaps into the wire housings therefor with a predetermined force. With the interconnected wall and veneer anchors and the respective reinforcing elements a seismic construct is formed.

The invention relates to a structural three-dimensional shock isolation and anti-overturning device. The main body mechanism of the device is formed by connecting a laminated rubber shock isolation support and a spring shock isolation support in series, and an upper connecting plate and a lower connecting plate are respectively arranged on the upper and lower sides of the main body mechanism. The device is characterized in that: a tensile steel wire rope uniformly distributed on four sides of the main body mechanism is arranged between the upper connecting plate and the lower connecting plate, and the limit deformation of the tensile steel wire rope in the horizontal direction is greater than the horizontal shearing elastic deformation of the main body mechanism. Through the device, the tensile strength of a common three-dimensional shock isolation device is improved, and swing of a high-rise building in an earthquake and even huge tension generated by overturning are resisted; meanwhile, because external tensile steel wire ropes are adopted, the device is convenient to mount and replace and has lower replacing expense.

The invention discloses a buckling control support with diamond type energy dissipation units at the ends. The buckling control support is characterized by being composed of end restraint sections, energy dissipation sections and a straight supporting section, wherein the two ends of the buckling control support are connected with beam and column members or joints into a whole through high-strength bolts to achieve the purpose of improving the lateral stiffness of the members. The buckling control support with the diamond type energy dissipation units at the ends maintains resilience under the action of a small earthquake and enters a yield stage under the action of a medium earthquake or a major earthquake, and the effect of a damper can be achieved due to the good hystersis energy dissipation performance of the buckling control support. Compared with a traditional buckling control support, the procedures of adding a sleeve outside a core energy dissipation member, performing grouting and the like in the traditional manufacturing process are omitted in the manufacturing technology, and manufacturing is convenient; the support can be prefabricated in a factory, the member quality is guaranteed, the workload of site construction operation is reduced, and energy conservation and environment protection are achieved.

A seismic energy dissipation system for use with structures such as buildings, bridges and the like. The system includes a gravity frame, at least one reaction frame, and connection apparatus for connecting the gravity frame and the reaction frame. The connection apparatus includes springs for setting a period of response and energy dissipation units for dissipating energy within the structure, thus controlling the response of a structure with respect to internal forces, accelerations and deformations due to external excitations such as wind or earthquake.

The invention described is a system for seismic isolation or vibration of structures which is simple, relatively inexpensive and readily used for smaller structures. It involves use of bearings comprising a ball (10) and ball seats (12, 18) interposed between the structure and its foundation. Either the ball itself (24) or the seat surface (15) on which it rolls is compressible, the resistance to that compression providing a frictional braking force resisting rolling of the ball. This serves to dampen relative movement between the structure and its foundation. There are described several alternative constructions of the friction ball which is the preferred central element in the bearing device. There may be a plurality of balls (44, 47) in each combination of balls and seats.

An inventive method is presented for a sliding pendulum seismic isolation system that reduces seismic forces on the supported structure and reduces the costs of the isolation bearings, seismic gaps, and supported structural frame. The inventive method is to configure the isolation system to achieve increased effective friction with increased displacement amplitudes, and to employ specific bearing configurations that suit the different types and magnitudes of loads present at particular structure support locations. Three bearing configurations are presented which are comprised of multiple sliders that slide along different concave spherical surfaces, each constituting an independent sliding pendulum mechanism having a specified pendulum length and friction. Two bearing configurations are presented which are comprised of multiple sliders that slide along different concave or convex cylindrical surfaces, one configured to carry both compression and tension loads, and one configured to be cost-effective for carrying light compression loads and accommodating large displacements.

A fire resistant and water resistant expansion joint system comprises a core; and a fire retardant infused into the core. The core infused with the fire retardant is configured to define a profile to facilitate compression of the fire and water resistant expansion joint when installed between substantially coplanar substrates.

The invention specifically relates to a mass tuned vibration reducer used for regulating the subsidence ratio of the vibration of the related structures. The mass tuned vibration reducer comprises a mass block, a spring, a damper and a base, and is characterized in that the damper is an adhesion-type damper formed by a damping cylinder, adhesive damping fluid and a piston, wherein, the piston and the adhesive damping fluid are arranged in the damping cylinder, and at least part of the piston is immerged into the adhesive damping fluid. The mass tuned vibration reducer adopts the adhesion-type damper formed by the adhesive damping fluid and the piston and can provide three dimensional damping, so as to effectively prevent side tumbling and ensure the vibration reducer realizes smooth actions; vibration mass is not needed to be provided with a special guide device, so that the mass tuned vibration reducer has reliable work and higher cost performance, and basically needs no maintenance. Meanwhile, the mass tuned vibration reducer realizes the aim of regulating the natural frequency and the subsidence ratio at any time, thus better exerting the vibration absorption performance of the mass tuned vibration reducer, ensuring stableness and safety of the pedestrians and vehicles on the large-span bridge and the thin and high building, contributing to prolonging the service lives of the thin and high building and the bridge, and having remarkable economic and social benefits.

A fire and water resistant, integrated wall and roof expansion joint seal system includes an expansion joint seal for a structure. The seal includes a central portion having an underside and at least one central chamber disposed around a centerline, a first flange portion extending outwardly from the centerline and a second flange portion extending outwardly from the centerline in a direction opposite the first flange portion. The system further includes a joint closure. The joint closure includes a core and a layer of a water resistant material disposed on the core. The joint closure further includes an end portion configured to match and integrate with the underside of the central portion to form the watertight, integrated wall and roof expansion joint seal system. A fire retardant material is included in the core in an amount effective to pass testing mandated by UL 2079, and the core with the fire retardant material therein is configured to facilitate compression of the core when installed between the first substrate and the second substrate by repeatedly expanding and contracting to accommodate movement of the first substrate and the second substrate; and the core with the fire retardant material included therein is configured to pass the testing mandated by UL 2079. Movement of one or both of the first substrate and the second substrate causes a response in the central portion to maintain the seal.

A nonrigid connection apparatus includes a frame-side member securable to a steel structural frame, a brace-side member securable to a seismic brace, and a coupling element that nonrigidly secures the frame-side and brace-side members to each other. By way of example, the nonrigid connection element may provide a hinge-type connection, which substantially isolates a seismic brace from nonaxial loads. As another example, the nonrigid connection element may be a ball-and-socket type connection, which substantially isolates a seismic brace from nonaxial loads and absorbs any shear and moment applied thereto when the seismic brace drifts out of an intended plane of the steel structural frame. The nonrigid connection element may also include a collar to stabilize the brace-side member and prevent shears and moments from causing the same to buckle in an unintended direction. Methods of installing and using the nonrigid connection apparatus are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a pendulum eddy current tuning mass damper device which comprises a support, a steel cable, a cable-length adjusting device, a mass block, a permanent magnet adjustment frame, a permanent magnet, a copper plate, a magnetic iron plate, a copper plate and magnetic iron plate adjusting frame, a limiting stopper and a limiting damper. The mass block is formed by connecting of a steel plate through bolts and is hung on the support through the steel cable, the length of the steel cable is adjusted by the cable-length adjusting device, the permanent magnet adjusting frame is installed on the bottom of the mass block, the magnetic iron plate is overlapped on the bottom of the copper plate, and the copper plate and the magnetic iron plate are connected on the copper plate and magnetic iron plate adjusting frame through the bolts. The copper plate and magnetic iron plate adjusting frame is installed on the structural base, the limiting stopper is placed on the periphery of the bottom of the mass block, one end of the limiting damper is connected on the limiting stopper, and the other end of the limiting damper is connected on the structural base which is placed below the limiting damper. The pendulum eddy current tuning mass damper device is long in service life, high in reliability, maintenance-free and high in sensibility and the like, damping adjustment is accurate, convenient and wide in adjustment range, and the friction of the whole TMD structure is nearly zero.

The invention discloses a buckling control support with bidirectional pyramid-shaped energy dissipation units at the ends. The buckling control support with the bidirectional pyramid-shaped energy dissipation units at the ends is characterized in that the buckling control support is composed of end restraint sections, energy dissipation sections and a straight supporting section, and the two ends are connected with beam or column components or joints into a whole through bolts, so that the purpose of increasing the resistant-lateral rigidity of a component is achieved. By the adoption of the buckling control support with the bidirectional pyramid-shaped energy dissipation units at the ends, under the small shock action, the buckling control support is kept elastic; and under the medium or great shock action, the buckling control support is switched to a buckling stage, and a damper effect can be achieved through the good hysteretic energy dissipation performance of the buckling control support. Compared with a traditional buckling restraint support, the steps of additional arrangement of a sleeve outside a core energy dissipation component, grouting and the like in a traditional manufacturing process are omitted on the aspect of the manufacturing technique, and manufacturing is convenient; and the support can be prefabricated in a factory, the quality of the component is guaranteed, the filed construction workload is reduced, energy is saved, and environmental friendliness is achieved.

A buckling-restrained diagonal brace is provided. The buckling-restrained diagonal brace mainly contains a core element and a restraining element. The core element is an assembly of a specific number of steel members having a specific shape whose cross-sectional dimension is determined based on the load requirement. The core element has a larger cross-section at the ends than at its medial section. The core element is encased in the restraining element. The restraining element manly contains a single or multiple steel tubes filled with concrete, mortar, or reinforcing members. The restraining element is to protect the core element so that it wouldn't be buckled and destructed under load. By using a lapping or an improved plugging type of connection to a structure frame, the buckling-restrained diagonal brace is able to yield steadily when loaded in both tension and compression and the buckling-restrained diagonal brace would have a full hysteretic curve. The buckling-restrained diagonal brace has a significantly enhanced ductility and energy dissipation capability, and is able to reduce vibration and to lower seismic impact.

The invention discloses a flection and energy consumption preventing brace which comprises a core stress member, a restriction member, an isolation layer positioned between the core stress member and the restriction member, and a connecting member connected with two ends of the core stress member. The core stress member comprises two steel plates; and an elastic filling material is arranged between two steel plates. As the elastic filling material is adopted to solve the problems of the flection and energy consumption after the double steel plates are stressed, the material for the isolation material only needs to realize the separation of the double steel plate and a restriction sleeve, does not need to consider reserving a gap with certain thickness; therefore, common lipin or an organic material is applied on the surface of the double steel plates to meet the requirement, so manufacturing difficulty is greatly reduced.

The invention relates to a retrofit connector for fast attachment to an existing system that supports a suspended load below a ceiling, beam or floor without the need to disassemble or disconnect any components of the system. Advantageously, the connector is easy to install and inexpensive to manufacture. The connector is removably or permanently attachable to a sway brace clamp or attachment to form a pivotable connector-clamp assembly. The assembly is capable of reliably supporting heavy loads against adverse sway and seismic disturbances.

At a beams-to-column joint connection of two beams to a column, in which the joint connection comprises both a gravity load-carrying connection and a moment-resisting connection, there is added a beam-to-beam connection across the column, using two gusset plates, facing each other, on opposite sides of the joint connection. The gusset plates, which are not connected to the column in a moment-resisting connection, connect the two beams, in a tension and moment-resisting connection with respect to each other, by longitudinal welds between the gusset plates and the beams, and provide the capability of withstanding disastrous events, including loss of column support and/or loss of integrity of the beams-to-column joint connection and severe torsional and lateral inelastic deformation due to direct blast pressure. When subjected to such violent conditions and upon loss of column support, and, the likely loss of integrity of the beams-to-column joint connection, the two beams and two gusset plates provide independent beam-to-beam structural continuity, causing the two beams to act as one long beam, or, in other words, a “double-span” condition is created. Such beam-to-beam connection is capable of carrying the tension, torsional and moment loads placed upon the beams, to the ultimate capacity of the beams. Inasmuch as a gusset plate is disposed on each side of the beams-to-column joint connections, substantial shielding of those connections against blast and impact forces is also achieved.

The invention relates to a damped anti-seismic filling wallboard for a framework. The filling wallboard has a brickwork (1) which is filled in a space defined by framework beams and columns. The filling wallboard is characterized in that the brickwork (1) is built from multiple brickwork units (2); a viscoelastic layer (3) is respectively arranged between every two adjacent brickwork units (2), between the brickwork at the top layer and an upper framework beam (7), and between the brickwork unit (2) at the bottom layer and a lower framework beam (7'); and one end of one of two adjacent brickwork units (2) and a left framework column (6) are fixedly connected into a whole by a steel bar (4), and a gap (5) is reserved between the other end of the brickwork unit (2) and a right framework column (6'), one end of the other brickwork unit (2) and the right framework column (6') are connected into a whole by a steel bar (4) and a gap (5) is reserved between the other end of the other brickwork unit (2) and the left framework column (6). The damped anti-seismic filling wallboard in the invention can reduce the earthquake response of the structure and protect the safety of the wall body.

The present invention generally relates to a self-centering energy dissipative brace apparatus. A bracing system is often needed to stabilize, strengthen or stiffen structures such as buildings which are subjected to severe or extreme conditions. The brace apparatus may be installed in a structure to dissipate input energy and minimize residual deformations related to exceptional loading imposed on the structure by winds, earthquakes, impacts or explosions. The apparatus integrates self-centering properties and energy, dissipative capacities which help minimize structural damage.

The invention belongs to construction field and relates to a self-resetting frame joint. The self-resetting frame joint comprises a concrete beam (1) and a concrete column (2). The concrete beam (1) and the concrete column (2) are connected through an unbonded low-relaxation prestressed steel strand (3) and an angle steel (9), a third steel pate (8) is disposed at the ends of the concrete beam (1), a first steel plate (5) is disposed on the place of the concrete column (2) near the beam side, a second steel plate (7) is disposed on the place of the concrete column (2) facing away from the beam side, and the unbonded low-relaxation prestressed steel strand (3) passing through the third steel pate (8) of beam ends and the first steel plate (5) of the column side is anchored in the outer side of the second steel plate (7) of the column side through an anchorage (10). The concrete beam (1) and the concrete column (2)are respectively connected with the angle steel (9) through a screw (4) and a nut (5), and the first steel plate (5) contacts with the third steel plate (8). The self-resetting frame joint has the advantages of stable structure under small earthquakes, large deformation structure with no damage under strong earthquakes, and self-resetting structure after earthquakes.

The invention belongs to the technical filed of building material, and in particular relates to a novel energy consumption and vibration reduction infilled wall board for a frame structure, wherein both sides of a ribbed composite wall board are connected with frame columns; flexible filling materials are arranged between the ribbed composite wall board and the frame columns; the top of the ribbed composite wall board is connected with frame beams through one or more than one slipping device; and the ribbed composite wall board is manufactured by taking a concrete sash as a framework and embedding gas-filling silicate building blocks which take furnace residue and fly ash as main raw materials. The novel energy consumption and vibration reduction infilled wall board for the frame structure has the advantages that the wall board does not participate in earthquake resistance under the condition of small earthquake, so that adverse effects of an infilled wall on the dynamic property and the anti-earthquake performance of the frame structure are avoided; the energy consumption and vibration reduction function of a ribbed composite wall is given full play under the condition of medium earthquake and large earthquake, and the anti-earthquake defense line and the safety margin of the frame structure under the condition of large earthquake are increased; and replacement of the whole wall body or local damaged building blocks can be performed according to the damage conditions after earthquake, so that the repair cost is low and the construction speed is quick.

A dampening bearing support member having a plurality of bearings disposed between an object and a base with rheological fluid disposed around the bearings and structure to retain the rheological fluid in such position, with the rheological fluid being under the control of the user at times when it is desired to stiffen the rheological fluid and limit or prevent movement of the bearings and the object in relation to the base.

A perimeter clip attached to a wall molding that supports a beam in a suspended ceiling intended to survive seismic disturbances. The clip is capable, during an earthquake, of permitting an end of a beam at one end of a connected line of beams, in a grid, to slide while being supported in the clip, or, in the alternative, to secure an end of a beam to the wall molding.

Blast resistant prefabricated wall panels contain at least one panel consisting of two structural boards having a thermoset resin-impregnated fiber reinforcing layer therebetween and extending from sides of the panel, the extension wrapped at least partially around metal sole and top plates of a metal sole plate, top plate, and stud construction. The panels are capable of resisting explosive blasts without forming secondary projectiles, and are preferably attached to a building structure by energy absorbing deformable brackets.

The invention relates to a permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper which comprises a steel magnetic-conducting baseplate (10), wherein end plates (3) are respectively arranged at two ends of the baseplate (10). The permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper is characterized by also comprising a circular shaft (4) and a linear bearing seat (5), wherein two ends of the circular shaft (4) are respectively arranged on the corresponding end plates (3), and the linear bearing seat (5) is sleeved on the circular shaft (4) and can slide on the circular shaft (4); the lower part of the bearing seat (5) is connected with a mass block (6), and two ends of the mass block (6) are respectively connected with the corresponding end plates (3) through spiral springs (7); the lower part of the mass block (6) is connected with a permanent magnet (13), and a copper plate (12) is arranged below the permanent magnet (13) and connected with the baseplate (12) through a cushion block (11). By adopting an eddy current damping model with special design, the permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper realizes the damping adjustability of the damper in a larger range, realizes the complete separation between the system rigidity and the damper, and cancels the mechanical friction energy consumption and stress concentration elements, thereby avoiding the common TMD damage failure.

The invention relates to an easily repaired steel-structure beam-column node, in particular to an easily repaired steel-structure beam-column node which is applied in the field of structural engineering and particularly used in high-intensity earthquake-proof areas. The node comprises an upright H-shaped steel column and an H-shaped steel beam of which the end part is vertically connected on a side wing plate of the H-shaped steel column, and is characterized in that: connecting ends of a belly plate of the H-shaped steel beam and the side wing plate of the H-shaped steel column are connected by a reinforced connecting plate closely contacted with the belly plate of the H-shaped steel beam and high-strength bolts penetrating the reinforced connecting plate, the reinforced connecting plate is in welding connection with the side wing plate of the H-shaped steel column, and both sides of the connecting end of a bottom side wing plate of the H-shaped steel beam are in locked connection with the H-shaped steel column by a T-shaped connecting plate and penetrating high-strength bolts respectively; and the T-shaped connecting plate is transversely arranged, upper and lower ends of the T-shaped connecting plate in the vertical direction are in locked connection with the side wing plate of the H-shaped steel column by a washer and the penetrating high-strength bolts respectively, a transverse plate of the T-shaped connecting plate is supported on the lower part of the bottom side wing plate of the H-shaped steel beam and locked by the penetrating high-strength bolts. The structure can effectively avoid brittle failure, has good ductile fracture characteristic, and can be widely applied to structures of earthquake areas, particularly the high-intensity earthquake-proof areas; and the easily repaired steel-structure beam-column node of the invention also has the advantages of convenient construction and convenient after-earthquake repairing.